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From heatwaves to hurricanes, floods to famine:

… And great earthquakes shall
be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights
and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21:11).

… And there shall be signs in thesun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations,with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (Luke 21:25)

… Men’s hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken; (Luke 21:26)

… This know also, that in the lastdays perilous times shall come. (2 Timothy 3:1)

(Emphasis
Added).

Jesus is
giving a series of prophecies about what to look for as the age of grace comes
to a close. These verses are several of many such prophecies from throughout
the Bible. 2017 was the worst year in recorded history for the intensity,
frequency, severity, duration and occurrence of a large number of severe
natural disasters worldwide. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, typhoons,
cyclones, torrential flooding, unprecedented wildfires in unusual places,
devastating droughts, excessive/scorching heat setting records everywhere,
record snowfalls in Europe and Russia. Snow in the Arabia. This list can go on.
Most studied eschatologists believe these ‘fearful sights’ and massive natural
disasters are all part of the ‘CONVERGENCE’ of signs that this Biblical and
prophetic age is closing. Most people who study prophecy are familiar with the
routine reference(s) made that these things will be like a woman having
labor pains that occur in greater severity, frequency, size and
duration prior to giving birth. End of note.

From heatwaves to hurricanes,floods to famine:

John Vidal. Fri 23 Jun2017 07.00 EDT. The Guardian

(Article Excerpts) Global warming will not affect everyone equally. It could have been the edge of the Sahara or even Death Valley, but it was the remains of a large orchard in the hills above the city of Murcia in southern Spain last year. The soil had broken down into fine white, lifelesss and, and a landscape of rock and dying orange and lemon trees stretched into the distance.

A long drought, the second in a few years, had devastated the harvest after city authorities had restricted water supplies and farmers were protesting in the street. It was a foretaste of what may happen if temperatures in the Mediterranean basin continue to rise and desertification grows.

All round the world,
farmers, city authorities and scientists have observed changing patterns of
rainfall, temperature rises and floods. Fifteen of the 16 hottest years have
been recorded since 2000. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions steadily
climb. Oceans are warming and glaciers, ice caps and sea ice are melting faster
than expected. Meanwhile, heat and rainfall records tumble.

The evidence for the
onset of climate change is compelling. But who and where is it hitting the hardest? How
fast will it come to Africa,
or the US? What will be its impact on tropical cities, forests or farming? On
the poor, or the old? When it comes to details, much is uncertain.

Mapping the
world’s climate hotspots and identifying where the impacts will be the greatest
is increasingly important for governments, advocacy groups and others who need
to prioritise resources, set goals and adapt to a warming world.

But lack of
data and different priorities make it hard. Should scientists pinpoint the
places most likely to see faster than average warming or wetter winters, or
should they combine expected physical changes with countries’ vulnerability?
Some hot-spot models use population data. Others seek to portray the impacts of
a warming world on water resources or megacities. Global bodies want to know
how climate might exacerbate natural hazards like floods and droughts.
Economists want to know its impacts on resources. Charities want to know how it
will affect women or the poorest.

Whether it’s faster
than average warming, more vulnerable than average populations, or more severe
than average drought, floods and storms, it’s clear that some places are being
hit harder than others by Earth’s altered climate, and so face extra urgency when it
comes to adapting to a new reality. But the bottom line is that climate
hotspots intersect, and nowhere will we escape the changes taking place. What
happens in the Amazon affects West Africa; the North American growing season
may depend on the melting of Arctic ice; flooding in Asian cities affected by
warming on the high Tibetan plateau. And urban areas ultimately depend on the
countryside.